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Revision as of 20:37, 1 June 2017
 The Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Décines-Charpieu will host the final | |
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| Dates | Qualifying: 29 June – 24 August 2017 Competition proper: 14 September 2017 – 16 May 2018 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 48+8 Total: 157+33 (from 55 associations) |
The 2017–18 UEFA Europa League will be the 47th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 9th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.
The 2018 UEFA Europa League Final will be played at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Décines-Charpieu, France.[1]
The winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League will automatically qualify for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage,[2] and also earn the right to play against the winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League in the 2018 UEFA Super Cup.
Manchester United, the defending champions, qualified for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League as the title holders of Europa League.[3] They will only be able to defend their title if they finish third in the Champions League group stage.
Association team allocation
A total of 190 teams from all 55 UEFA member associations are expected to participate in the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.[4] The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[5]
- Associations 1–51 (except Liechtenstein) each have three teams qualify.
- Associations 52–54 each have two teams qualify.
- Liechtenstein and Kosovo each have one team qualify (Liechtenstein organises only a domestic cup and no domestic league; Kosovo as per decision by the UEFA Executive Committee).[6]
- Moreover, 33 teams eliminated from the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League are transferred to the Europa League.
- Since the winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Manchester United, have qualified for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, their berth in the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League was vacated and not replaced by any other team.
Starting from this season, Gibraltar are granted two spots instead of one in the Europa League.[7] Kosovo, who became a UEFA member on 3 May 2016, will make their debut in the UEFA Europa League, as long as their club passes the licensing requirements.[6][8]
Association ranking
For the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2016 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2011–12 to 2015–16.[9][10]
Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Europa League, as noted below:
- (CL) – Additional teams transferred from the Champions League
- (EL) – Vacated berth due to Europa League title holders playing in Champions League
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Distribution
In the default access list, Manchester United enter the group stage (as the sixth-placed team of the 2016–17 Premier League).[8] However, since they qualified for the Champions League as the Europa League title holders, the spot which they qualified for in the Europa League group stage is vacated, and the following changes to the default allocation system are made:[11][12][13]
- The domestic cup winners of association 13 (Czech Republic) are promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage.
- The domestic cup winners of association 18 (Poland) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
- The domestic cup winners of associations 25 and 26 (Scotland and Azerbaijan) are promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
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| First qualifying round (100 teams) |
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| Second qualifying round (66 teams) |
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| Play-off round (44 teams) |
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| Group stage (48 teams) |
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| Knockout phase (32 teams) |
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Redistribution rules
A Europa League place is vacated when a team qualifies for both the Champions League and the Europa League, or qualifies for the Europa League by more than one method. When a place is vacated, it is redistributed within the national association by the following rules (regulations Articles 3.03 and 3.04):[5]
- When the domestic cup winners (considered as the "highest-placed" qualifier within the national association with the latest starting round) also qualify for the Champions League, their Europa League place is vacated. As a result, the highest-placed team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions qualify for the Europa League, with the Europa League qualifiers which finish above them in the league moved up one "place".
- When the domestic cup winners also qualify for the Europa League through league position, their place through the league position is vacated. As a result, the highest-placed team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions qualify for the Europa League, with the Europa League qualifiers which finish above them in the league moved up one "place" if possible.
- For associations where a Europa League place is reserved for either the League Cup or end-of-season European competition play-offs winners, they always qualify for the Europa League as the "lowest-placed" qualifier. If the League Cup winners have already qualified for European competitions through other methods, this reserved Europa League place is taken by the highest-placed team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions.
Teams
NOTE: The following list of qualified teams is provisional, subject to final confirmation by UEFA in June 2017, as each participating team must obtain a UEFA club license. All qualified teams are included in this list as long as they have not been banned by UEFA or have not failed their final appeal with their football association on obtaining a license. |
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[14]
- CW: Cup winners
- 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
- LC: League Cup winners
- RW: Regular season winners
- PW: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners
- UCL: Transferred from the Champions League
- GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
- PO: Losers from the play-off round
- Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round
Note: Teams in italics may still qualify for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League through domestic performance.
Notably two teams take part in the competition that are not playing in their national top division, Tirana (2nd tier) and Vaduz (2nd tier).
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- ^ Austria (AUT): Austria Wien will enter the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round and Sturm Graz will enter the second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round if Red Bull Salzburg win the 2016–17 Austrian Cup.
- ^ Bulgaria (BUL): CSKA Sofia would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round as the runners-up of the 2016–17 First Professional Football League, but were not allowed to compete by UEFA as they were considered to have been re-formed as a new club and thus did not pass the "three-year rule".[15] As a result, the berth was given to the third-placed team of the league, Levski Sofia.
- ^ Kosovo (KOS): Besa Pejë would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round as the winners of the 2016–17 Kosovar Cup, but failed to obtain a UEFA license.[16] As a result, the berth was given to the runners-up of the 2016–17 Football Superleague of Kosovo, Prishtina.
- ^ Malta (MLT): Birkirkara would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round as the third-placed team of the 2016–17 Maltese Premier League, but failed to obtain a UEFA licence.[17] As a result, the berth was given to the fourth-placed team of the league, Valletta.
- ^ Republic of Ireland (IRL): Derry City are a club based in Northern Ireland, but will participate in the Europa League through one of the berths for the Republic of Ireland (any coefficient points they earn count toward Republic of Ireland and not Northern Ireland).
- ^ Romania (ROU): Voluntari would have qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round as the winners of 2016–17 Cupa României, and CFR Cluj would have qualified for the second qualifying round as the fourth-placed team of the 2016–17 Liga I, but both failed to obtain a UEFA licence.[18] As a result, the third qualifying round berth was given to the fifth-placed team of the league, CS U Craiova, and the second qualifying round berth was given to the sixth-placed team of the league, Astra Giurgiu.
- ^ Switzerland (SUI): Lugano, Sion and Luzern have qualified for the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League as Lugano will finish third or fourth in the 2016–17 Swiss Super League, Sion will finish third, fourth or fifth in the league, and Luzern will finish fourth or fifth in the league.
- ^ Turkey (TUR): Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray have qualified for the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League as they will finish third or fourth in the 2016–17 Süper Lig.
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[8][19]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Qualifying | First qualifying round | 19 June 2017 | 29 June 2017 | 6 July 2017 |
| Second qualifying round | 13 July 2017 | 20 July 2017 | ||
| Third qualifying round | 14 July 2017 | 27 July 2017 | 3 August 2017 | |
| Play-off | Play-off round | 4 August 2017 | 17 August 2017 | 24 August 2017 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 25 August 2017 (Monaco) |
14 September 2017 | |
| Matchday 2 | 28 September 2017 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 19 October 2017 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 2 November 2017 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 23 November 2017 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 7 December 2017 | |||
| Knockout phase | Round of 32 | 11 December 2017 | 15 February 2018 | 22 February 2018 |
| Round of 16 | 23 February 2018 | 8 March 2018 | 15 March 2018 | |
| Quarter-finals | 16 March 2018 | 5 April 2018 | 12 April 2018 | |
| Semi-finals | 13 April 2018 | 26 April 2018 | 3 May 2018 | |
| Final | 16 May 2018 at Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu | |||
Matches in the qualifying, play-off, and knockout rounds may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.
Qualifying rounds
In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2017 UEFA club coefficients,[20][21][22] and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
Note: For all qualified teams below, their UEFA club coefficients (CC) at the end of 2016–17 season, which are used for seeding, are listed in italics.[20][21]
First qualifying round
A total of 100 teams are expected to play in the first qualifying round.
Maccabi Tel Aviv CC: 23.375
Midtjylland CC: 16.300
Dinamo Minsk CC: 10.975
HJK CC: 10.530
AIK CC: 9.945
Vojvodina CC: 9.075
Videoton CC: 8.650
AEL Limassol CC: 8.210- Shakhtyor Soligorsk CC: 7.475
Slovan Bratislava CC: 7.350- Red Star Belgrade CC: 7.325
- Trenčín CC: 6.850
Skënderbeu Korçë CC: 6.825
Rheindorf Altach CC: 6.570
St Johnstone CC: 6.535- AEK Larnaca CC: 6.210
Inter Baku CC: 6.050- Beitar Jerusalem CC: 5.875
Ventspils CC: 5.725
Odd CC: 5.665
Kairat CC: 5.550
Osijek CC: 5.550
Sarajevo CC: 5.300
KR CC: 5.175- IFK Norrköping CC: 4.945
Milsami Orhei CC: 4.900- Lyngby CC: 4.800
Nõmme Kalju CC: 4.800- Željezničar Sarajevo CC: 4.800
Botev Plovdiv CC: 4.675
Olimpija Ljubljana CC: 4.625
Valletta CC: 4.550
Vaduz CC: 4.450- Levski Sofia CC: 4.425
- Stjarnan CC: 4.175
- Haugesund CC: 4.165
- Domžale CC: 4.125
- Ordabasy CC: 4.050
- Levadia Tallinn CC: 4.050
- Ferencváros CC: 3.900
Crusaders CC: 3.900
Rabotnički CC: 3.875- Rangers CC: 3.785
Shirak CC: 3.775- Dacia Chișinău CC: 3.650
Mladost Podgorica CC: 3.550- Zira CC: 3.550
- Irtysh Pavlodar CC: 3.550
- Široki Brijeg CC: 3.550
Fola Esch CC: 3.475- Differdange 03 CC: 3.475
- Shkëndija CC: 3.375
- Gorica CC: 3.375
- Sutjeska Nikšić CC: 3.300
- Pyunik CC: 3.275
- Partizani Tirana CC: 3.075
- Mladost Lučani CC: 3.075
Shamrock Rovers CC: 3.065- Flora Tallinn CC: 3.050
Chikhura Sachkhere CC: 3.025
Lincoln Red Imps CC: 3.000- Jelgava CC: 2.975
- SJK CC: 2.780
- Cork City CC: 2.565
- Zeta CC: 2.550
B36 Tórshavn CC: 2.450- Ružomberok CC: 2.350
- Derry City CC: 2.315
- Liepāja CC: 2.225
- Zaria Bălți CC: 2.150
- VPS CC: 2.030
- Valur CC: 1.925
- Vasas CC: 1.900
- Tirana CC: 1.825
Atlantas CC: 1.825- Sūduva Marijampolė CC: 1.825
- Gandzasar Kapan CC: 1.775
- Torpedo Kutaisi CC: 1.775
- Trakai CC: 1.575
Tre Penne CC: 1.566
Bala Town CC: 1.525- Dinamo Batumi CC: 1.525
- NSÍ Runavík CC: 1.450
- Balzan CC: 1.300
- Connah's Quay Nomads CC: 1.275
- Bangor City CC: 1.275
UE Santa Coloma CC: 1.233- Progrès Niederkorn CC: 1.225
- Pelister CC: 1.125
- Folgore CC: 1.066
- Floriana CC: 1.050
- Coleraine CC: 0.900
- Ballymena United CC: 0.900
- Sant Julià CC: 0.733
- KÍ CC: 0.700
- St Joseph's CC: 0.500
Prishtina CC: 0.000
Runners-up of 2016–17 Ekstraklasa- Third-placed team of 2016–17 Ekstraklasa
- Winners of 2016–17 First Professional Football League Europa League play-offs
Second qualifying round
A total of 66 teams are expected to play in the second qualifying round: 16 teams which enter in this round, and the 50 winners of the first qualifying round.
Astra Giurgiu CC: 17.870- Hajduk Split CC: 11.550
- Apollon Limassol CC: 10.710
Mladá Boleslav CC: 10.135- Brøndby CC: 8.800
- Gabala CC: 7.800
- Aberdeen CC: 6.785
Utrecht CC: 6.712- Sturm Graz CC: 6.570
Panionios CC: 5.580- Bnei Yehuda CC: 4.875
- Dinamo Brest CC: 3.975
- Östersund CC: 3.945
- Brann CC: 3.665
Fourth-placed team of 2016–17 Süper Lig
Fifth-placed team of 2016–17 Swiss Super League
Third qualifying round
A total of 58 teams are expected to play in the third qualifying round: 25 teams which enter in this round, and the 33 winners of the second qualifying round.
Zenit Saint Petersburg CC: 87.106
Athletic Bilbao CC: TBD (60.942)- Sparta Prague CC: 48.135
Milan CC: TBD (47.666)- PSV Eindhoven CC: 46.212
Braga CC: 37.366
Gent CC: 35.480- PAOK CC: 35.080
- Krasnodar CC: 32.106
Bordeaux CC: 29.333
Everton CC: 29.192- Marseille CC: 28.333
- Dinamo Zagreb CC: 26.050
SC Freiburg CC: 20.899- Austria Wien CC: 17.070
- Panathinaikos CC: 15.080
- Marítimo CC: 14.866
Oleksandriya CC: 9.526- Olimpik Donetsk CC: 8.526
- Oostende CC: 8.480
- Dinamo București CC: 6.370
- CS U Craiova CC: 4.870
- Arka Gdynia CC: 3.950
- Third-placed team of 2016–17 Süper Lig
- Fourth-placed team of 2016–17 Swiss Super League
Play-off round
A total of 44 teams are expected to play in the play-off round: the 29 winners of the third qualifying round, and the 15 losers of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round.
Group stage
The 48 teams are drawn into twelve groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams are seeded into four pots based on their 2017 UEFA club coefficients.[20][21][22]
In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 32, where they are joined by the eight third-placed teams of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage.
A total of 48 teams play in the group stage: 16 teams which enter in this stage, the 22 winners of the play-off round, and the 10 losers of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League play-off round.
- Arsenal CC: 105.192
- Lyon CC: 68.833
- Villarreal CC: TBD (64.942)
- Lazio CC: TBD (56.666)
- Real Sociedad CC: TBD (27.442)
- Lokomotiv Moscow CC: 20.606
- Hertha BSC CC: 16.899
- 1. FC Köln CC: 15.899
- Vitória Guimarães CC: 14.866
- Atalanta CC: TBD (14.666)
- Zulte Waregem CC: 14.480
- Zorya Luhansk CC: 13.526
- Konyaspor CC: 9.840
- Vitesse CC: 9.212
- Fastav Zlín CC: 6.635
- Third-placed team of 2016–17 Swiss Super League
Knockout phase
In the knockout phase, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:
- In the draw for the round of 32, the twelve group winners and the four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage with the better group records are seeded, and the twelve group runners-up and the other four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
- In the draws for the round of 16 onwards, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association can be drawn against each other.
See also
References
- ^ "Lyon to host 2018 UEFA Europa League final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ^ "Evolution of UEFA club competitions from 2018". UEFA.com. 26 August 2016.
- ^ "Europa League win earns Manchester United a Champions League spot". UEFA.com. 24 May 2017.
- ^ "Football Federation of Kosovo joins UEFA". UEFA. 3 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2017/18 Season" (PDF). UEFA.com. 4 April 2017.
- ^ a b "Timeline for UEFA Presidential elections decided". UEFA. 18 May 2016.
- ^ "Gibraltar gains an additional spot in the Europa League". Gibraltar Football Association. 20 September 2016.
- ^ a b c "Preliminary Access List 2017/18" (PDF). Bert Kassies. RFEF.
- ^ "Country coefficients 2015/16". UEFA.com.
- ^ "UEFA Country Ranking 2016". Bert Kassies. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
- ^ "UEFA Access List 2015/18 with explanations" (PDF). Bert Kassies.
- ^ "Access list 2017/2018". Bert Kassies.
- ^ "The 2017/18 Europa League group stage as it stands". UEFA.com. 30 May 2017.
- ^ "Qualification for European Cup Football 2017/2018". Bert Kassies.
- ^ "УЕФА отхвърли молбата на БФС за участие на ЦСКА-София в евротурнирите". Bulgarian Football Union. 29 May 2017.
- ^ "FFK: Besa nuk do të përfitojë nga UEFA, paratë e Kupës së Kosovës i shkojnë Prishtinës". almakos.com. 30 May 2017.
- ^ "Birkirkara FC denied UEFA license, Valletta FC to play Europa League". Malta Today. 9 May 2017.
- ^ "Federaţia Română de Fotbal a decis cine poate juca la toamnă în cupele europene". adevarul.ro. 19 April 2017.
- ^ "UEFA European Football Calendar 2017/2018". Bert Kassies.
- ^ a b c "Club coefficients". UEFA.com.
- ^ a b c "UEFA Team Ranking 2017". Bert Kassies.
- ^ a b "Seeding in the Europa League 2017/2018". Bert Kassies.
External links
- UEFA Europa League (official website)